the SelfSolved instance deployed uses Ultrasphinx for its full-text indexer and search provider. The sphinx indexer needs to be run regularly to index new text that appears on the site.
I need crontab incantations to set the indexer to create delta indexes...

I have a problem when allowing users to select a profile image on the registration form. The image is being lost between the confirmation page and the checkout page. So after submitting the form, I land on the first confirmation page without any problem. But...

One persistent problem that I run into is that I need to access certain network resources through a SOCKS proxy server. This works great for web resources, but I also need SSH and Subversion access. SOCKS support in these tools are woefully inadequate or...

In Python / Pylons projects, there is often a data directory consist of semi-compiled text used for template generation. It would be useful if I can skip searching over these files while working in Eclipse. Eclipse has a functionality to search for strings...

For my project, I have several runtime configuration files that differs on each machine it's installed on. Each developer that works on the project needs to make changes to the conf file, but I don't want the developer-dependent, custom settings in their individual...

Installing ICBM-7071 car alarm in 2002 Ford Crown Vic.
Problem1 - Solved
The indicated trunk switch input on the 8 pin connector was mislabeled. The manual said that the third wire from the left should be a black wire for the trunk input but the actual wire...

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(node.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a: could not read symbols: Bad...

Given a list of words in a text file, one word per line (such as, /usr/share/dict/words on OS X) there should be a quick way to find all words that end in a substring.
Example:
Find all words that end in "me"
assume
consume
presume
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Using FormEncode 1.0.1, validations don't seem to run when an input value of None is provided to the FancyValidator.to_python or Schema.to_python method.
Example
validation schema:
class ValidToken(formencode.FancyValidator):
def _to_python(self, value...

Contents of .svn directories, when located under an Apache web root, are viewable via a browser. This leads to potential exploits, as referenced by Adam Gotterer.
The hack obviously starts in .svn directory, specifically at the entries file. You can access...